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Burn the Boats: Toss Plan B Overboard and Unleash Your Full Potential

Leading Blog

They can be useful as to where you’ll find resistance. Researchers at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania found that the mere contemplation of a Plan B diminished the team’s performance and motivation. You can’t waste your mental energy looking for a way out or an alternative plan. You’ll always have detractors.

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A leader must be a “people person”

Persuasive Powerhouse

If they’re smart, a leader who fails to make the right connections might see that they’re heading for disaster when they become overwhelmed and unable to accomplish what they need to or when there is persistent resistance to change. Find motivation and accountability.

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Managing Change in Health Care

Coaching Tip

We have been conditioned to resist change, especially when it requires us to get out of our comfort zone, so it's a tough nut to crack. If you can't motivate people to change, you can't change the organization. It's part of the human condition that, in the face of change, we like things the way they are.

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Goodbye, Micromanagement! Hello ‘Ownership Culture!’

HR Digest

Creating an ownership culture demands employee motivation through trust, empowerment, and recognition, at least. It’s very important for every organization involving more than two people to develop ways of operation, systems, and policies that would dictate its culture. Your next “don’t” is the resistance.

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Executive Coaching Company Breakdown: How to Get the Most Out of Coaching for Strategic Change

N2Growth Blog

That’s because top-tier executive leaders devote time to imparting principles, techniques, ideas, values, and emotional energy to others, sharing their wisdom and expertise with younger employees in order to create a stronger and more dynamic business. Executives today are saddled with a business landscape unlike anything in the past.

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Four Motivation Mistakes Most Leaders Make

Harvard Business Review

So when it comes to motivating employees to change, it should be no surprise that leaders who rely on rationality typically spend time and energy on the wrong things, send messages that miss the mark, and create frustrating unintended consequences. How did the CEO motivate other senior leaders to spend time in Washington?

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Before You Open a Business…

Leading Blog

I resisted the temptation to make it a “quiz” where a certain number of yeses totaled up to give you a red, yellow, or green light. What are your motivations for wanting to own your business? Business ownership consumes large quantities of time and mental energy, even after it’s running well and succeeding.